INSIDE THE AIRPLANE

Uniball pen and pitt big brush pens in 5" x 7" sketchbook project sketchbook.  Exhibited 2013 tour

Copying Kane Squirrel # 6

Uniball pen and watercolor on 9" x 12" paper for Oscar.

COPYING KANE #5

Uniball pen and watercolor on 9" x 12" paper for Oscar

COPYING KANE SQUIRREL #4

Uniball pen and waercolor on 9" x 12" paper for Oscar.

COPYING KANE SQUIRREL #3

Uniball pen and watercolor on 9" x 12" paper. Another one for Oscar.

COPYING THE KANE SQUIRREL #2

Uniball pen and watercolor on 9" x 12" paper.  I copied this from the great Tommy Kane and sent it to my 7 year old grandson Oscar in Holland because we fed the squirrels every day when he was here last summer. I did several more for him and wrote words of encouragement on them for him.

COPYING THE KANE SQUIRREL

Uniball pen and watercolor in Strathmore sketchbook 9" x 12".

JUTTA WENZ & HEIDI LIKAR ARTISTS

11" x 15" uniball pen, watercolor and gouache on Canson paper.  Jutta Wenz and Heidi Likar are friends and klassmates of mine at SBS.  Their artwork is wonderful.  They live in Salzburg, Austria.

PAINTED LADY

Uniball pen, watercolor and gouache in 8 1/2" x 11" Moleskine sketchbook  From a photograph and previously posted on SBS site.

ANN PLANTE ARTIST

11" x 15" uniball pen, watercolor and gouache on Canson paper.  This is a portrait of my klassmate and superstar artist Ann Plante whose work I really enjoy.  She lives in Florida with her husband but spent most of her life in NewYork so we know a lot of the same places and landmarks.  This is the first time I used gouache and I like it.  It allows a painterly look and lets me keep the brush strokes loose and visible.

HOMAGE TO JACK KIRBY

Uniball pen, crowquill pen, winsor newton series 7 sable brush, Speedball super black ink, Pitt big brush pens Our grandson Oscar in Holland loves robots so I drew this for him from a panel by the great artist Jack Kirby.

ART LETS THE REAL YOU DROP THE MASK

Uniball pen and Pitt brush pens in Cachet sketchbook 9"x 12".  One of the things I love about art is that it lets you be the real you.  It helps you drop your mask and get back to your soul.  Posted in SBS.

COPYING JAMES JEAN

One of the artists whose work I admire and study by copying is James Jean.  This one I did with a Uniball vision pen in a Strathmore 400 sketchbook.

WORKING ON PAINTED LADIES

Uniball pen and Pitt pen in Strathmore 400 Sketchbook 9" x 12".  A fast sketch tyring to work out the problems of proportion and trying to draw houses on a hillside.  Previously posted online.

PORTRAIT OF GWENAELLE GLOTIN ARTIST

Uniball pen, watercolor on Canson paper 11" x 15".  Gwenaelle Glotin is a fellow SBS klassmate and artist from Amsterdam.  Previously posted on SBS site.

PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH FLANAGAN ARTIST

Uniball pen, watercolor on Canson paper 11" x 15".  Elizabeth Flanagan SBS artist and Klassmate. Previously posted on SBS site.

PORTRAIT OF JENNIFER RANGER

This portrait is 18"x 24" charcoal on paper of my good friend Vincent Ranger's daughter Jennifer.  It is in his collection.

PORTRAIT OF SUSANNE PINTURA

11" x 15" watercolor on Canson paper.  This is a portrait taken from a photograph posted by SBS klassmate Susanne Pintura.

PAINTED LADY RED AND GREEN SAN FRANCISCO

Uniball pen and watercolor in 8 1/4" x 11" Moleskine sketchbook.  Posted in SBS. (From photograph).

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI LOOKS OUT AT CITY LIGHTS

He has owned and operated City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco for over 60 years.  Now in his 90's he still paints, writes and live life to the fullest.  Here is a short video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G963q31ZgBI